Re: best ground for tesla coils?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Check the archives. You'll find a slew of information.  This topic has
already been beat to death so many times
in the past year.

Dan



 > hello
 >
 > i was wondering whats the best ground for my tesla coil?
 > at the moment we connected our tesla coil to the earth from
 > the 220V main power.
 > but i have some doubt if this is a good solution. because of
 > disturbing other peopel who have their computer or somthing
 > else connected to the same ground.
 >
 > whats better:
 > to take a metall plate on the floor to make my own earth?
 > how big should such a plate be?
 >
 > or, to put a metall stake into the earth in front of my house, and
 > to link my teslacoil ground together whit this stake? to the connection
 > i would take a special emv cooper band.
 >
 > or, to link my teslacoil together with the water pipe who is
 > comming in my house? what's about gas pipe's?
 >
 > by tobias
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